Beyond Freefall: Halting Rural Poverty

the final report of the  Standing Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry details the many issues evident across rural Canada. 

Click here for the entire 408 page PDF copy of the report

Some excerpts:

IMPACT of TECHNOLOGY CHANGE
on ISSUE AREAS RELEVANT to CONNECTIVITY
in REMOTE and INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES

prepared by Ruth Grossman

September 2008 for

CCIRDT and NICSN

From the INTRODUCTION

Employment Opportunity

Keewaytinook Okimakanak/Northern Chiefs Council

Telemedicine Secretary - Full Time Position

First Nations Energy Alliance
Conference, AGM & Membersip Drive

November 25th & 26th, 2008
Great Northern Resort & Conference Centre
Sault Ste. Marie, ON.

Melissa Cooper, F.N.E.A. Forum Coordinator
Phone: (705) 859-3122, ext. 233
Toll-Free: 1-800-880-1406, ext. 233
Fax: (705) 859-3851
E-mail:  alternative_energy_resources@yahoo.ca

From the review's web site at http://www.rootsofyouthviolence.on.ca/english/ 

The Review of the Roots of Youth Violence was established in the summer of 2007 to help identify and analyze the underlying causes contributing to youth violence and provide recommendations for Ontario to move forward.

AFN press release ...

Statement by AFN National Chief Phil Fontaine regarding Truth and Reconciliation Commission

            OTTAWA, Nov. 16 /CNW Telbec/ - National Chief Phil Fontaine issued the following statement today in response to the article, "AFN offers plan to salvage residential-schools body," which appeared in the Globe and Mail on Saturday, November 15, 2008.

Open letter on resignation of Justice Harry Laforme from Truth and Reconcilitation Commission

Kahnawake - November 4, 2008

Shé:kon All My Relations;

I would like to address the issue of the resignation of the former chairperson of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Justice Harry LaForme. The current public debates and discussions regarding Justice LaForme’s resignation undermine the work of the two commissioners who remain, but more importantly the work of the TRC itself.

COO press release ... 

Chiefs of Ontario welcome extension of Mining Act consultation

     TORONTO, Nov. 14 /CNW/ - While the Chiefs of Ontario welcome the extension of the Ontario Mining Act consultation period to January 15, 2008, they remind the Ministry of Northern Development and Mines that First Nation communities must have substantive input in the revisions to the mining act.

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